The issue was first spotted and added in the list of known issues in the monthly security patch for Windows 7, since March: Originally, Microsoft mentioned that an upcoming release would come with a resolution, but in the end, they updated the changelog, with the following recommendation:
Older Products Won’t Get Security Updates
In all honesty, let’s agree that 18 years old CPUs are too old to handle all the security patches for Meltdown or Spectre. So, Microsoft abandoned them, and leaving them without a security patch. Their action does not go against Microsoft’s support policies, and it’s written in a help article: Considering Pentium III was released in 1999, the news could affect some people that use an old hardware. But whoever still runs a Pentium III in 2018 should immediately go and by a newer one, which is definitely more secure and a lot faster! RELATED STORIES TO CHECK:
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